[at least he's being more humble about than outright denying it. The question makes him tilt his head, before he shrugs a shoulder and crosses his arms]
Not . . . at first. Not when I was a kid. After I tried to suppress it, though . . . yeah, I was really freaked out.
It was a lot more than just - looking the way I do, too. I had to re-learn how to control my strength, and how to tune out loud noises, and all sorts of things I never had to worry about before. I had to be conscious of everything, and I couldn't get frustrated about it because I could end up hurting someone. [he huffs a faint, amused noise] The first day, I strangled Erik because I took a compliment the wrong way.
I didn't handle it well at all. And it took a long time before I could even look at myself in a mirror without freaking out all over again.
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[at least he's being more humble about than outright denying it. The question makes him tilt his head, before he shrugs a shoulder and crosses his arms]
Not . . . at first. Not when I was a kid. After I tried to suppress it, though . . . yeah, I was really freaked out.
It was a lot more than just - looking the way I do, too. I had to re-learn how to control my strength, and how to tune out loud noises, and all sorts of things I never had to worry about before. I had to be conscious of everything, and I couldn't get frustrated about it because I could end up hurting someone. [he huffs a faint, amused noise] The first day, I strangled Erik because I took a compliment the wrong way.
I didn't handle it well at all. And it took a long time before I could even look at myself in a mirror without freaking out all over again.